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Health Canada to review changes to allow OTC access for naloxone to reverse effects of narcotic overdose
Health Headlines Commentary for January 18, 2016 Source: Health Canada plans changes to allow easier access to overdose drug
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New Year’s resolutions: Do your homework first before choosing meaningless January 1st to stop smoking
Health Headlines Commentary for December 28, 2015 My clinical approach to smoking cessation boiled down to 5 minutes
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Compounds linked to respiratory disease found in e-cigarettes: Cigarettes and city air contain more so what’s point are they trying to make regarding harm reduction?
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for December 8, 2015 Source: Study links chemical in flavoured e-cigarettes to respiratory disease Reference: Flavoring Chemicals in E-Cigarettes: Diacetyl, 2,3-Pentanedione, and Acetoin in a Sample of 51 Products, Including Fruit-, Candy-, and Cocktail-Flavored E-Cigarettes
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Study demonstrates neurological basis for alcohol addiction
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for September 3, 2015 Source: Neuron responsible for alcoholism identified Reference: J. Wang, Y. Cheng, X. Wang, E. Roltsch Hellard, T. Ma, H. Gil, S. Ben Hamida, D. Ron. Alcohol Elicits Functional and Structural Plasticity Selectively in Dopamine D1 Receptor-Expressing Neurons of the Dorsomedial Striatum. Journal of Neuroscience, 2015; 35 (33):…
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CMA meeting discusses physician narcotic prescription practices that are harming patients
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for August 25, 2015 Source: ‘Weak’ doctors blamed for flood of prescription painkillers behind epidemic of drug-related deaths
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Wait times for adolescent and child psychiatry consults can exceed one year
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 6, 2015 Source: Ontario youth wait a year or more for mental health care: report Reference: Report Card on Child and Youth Mental Health
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Cannabis effects in teens presented in new report
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for April 20, 2015 Source: Early marijuana use can lower teens’ IQs, research shows
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Better designed studies required to assess e-cig's potential for harm
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for February 16, 2015 Source: E-cigarettes ‘may harm the lungs and immune system’ E-cigarettes may make lungs vulnerable to infection Reference: Exposure to Electronic Cigarettes Impairs Pulmonary Anti-Bacterial and Anti-Viral Defenses in a Mouse Model.
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Vaping benefits and BPA declared safe by European Food Safety Agency
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for January 22, 2015 Source: Vaping helps to kick cigarette habit: Barrette BPA poses no health risk, European watchdog says Reference: No consumer health risk from bisphenol A exposure